Tips For Getting Along With Your Employees

August 17th, 2011 by admin

One of the most important things in your job if you own a small business or if you are the boss or manager over a number of employees will be the manner in which you relate to your employees. By nature of the simple fact that you are a human being, it is natural to want to be liked by others, and many bosses make an effort to be liked before they make an effort to establish authority; on the other side of this, there are those bosses who try to rule with a firm hand, thinking that it is better to be tough on their employees than to make friends, but there is actually a great middle ground between the two of these.

The first thing you will want to do when you have a new employee is establish authority; this does not mean you need to be mean or rude to the employee, but simply that you need to act as a boss, being more formal and distant than friendly and personable – that is to say, to keep your distance at first as you fulfill the responsibilities of being a boss.

It will be much easier to move onto the next step of opening up the door of friendship after you have first established authority; because you have not been rude to these employees as you established authority, they will feel comfortable interacting with you on a friendship level – which means cordial conversations, and exchanges of brief time together.

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And even though you might not be especially attracted to the idea of having an actual, meaningful relationship with all of your employees, after you have established friendships with each of them, the door will be open for more lasting friendships and connections – but none of this is possible without you first having established authority, so make sure you approach this process in the correct order, and you will be able to achieve your desired results!

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